Boston College at Brown

Saturday, October 20, 1917

Brown beat Boston College 7–⁠2. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Brown led the series 4–⁠0.

AwayBoston College0–⁠2 in 1917
2
HomeBrown8–⁠2 in 1917
7

Final

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: Brown Loses Two Stars Beating Boston College

    New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 21, 1917, page 22

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    Brown Loses Two Stars Beating Boston College PROVIDENCE, Oct. 20.-In the hard est fought game seen on Andrews Field since the Rutgers contest of last season Brown defeated Boston College, Z 70 2. this afternoon. Two Brown backs were so badly injured that they will be out of the game for the remainder OF the season. Shaw. Browns star back, was carried from the field with dislocated knee and Albright, another back field man sustained three broken ribs. Browns score was made on straight football Brooks getting the touchdown.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Brown 85% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Brown leads 5–⁠0 in five meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1945Brown 51, Boston College 6
1917Brown 7, Boston College 2
1901Brown 12, Boston College 0
1899Brown 18, Boston College 0
1898Brown 6, Boston College 0

Around this game

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